Live Music Previews

Shearwater with Damien Jurado 9 p.m. Saturday Opolis 113 N. Crawford, Norman www.starlightmints.com/opolis.html $12-$14 Shearwater offers an intriguing mix of oddity and familiarity. Elements of folk, baroque pop and post-rock coalesce through music that doesn’t correspond very tightly with any of those styles. Call it “naturalistic chamber drama” because of its rich, orchestral mien; dynamic […]

They’re here. They’re The Queers. But don’t get used to them, because the punk legends are in town for just one show: 7 p.m. Friday at The Conservatory, 8911 N. Western. Delivering their ever-popular blend of punk and pop since 1982, The Queers are touring in support of their brand-new album, “Back to the Basement,” […]

Guestroom and Size Records aside, it’s rare to see a 12-inch vinyl in the wild. Jonathan Fowler of Fowler Volkswagen of Norman aims to change that, as his dealership is the sponsor and one of the distribution points for the “Checking It Twice: The 2010 Nice People Holiday Companion.” He partnered with Chris Harris of […]

Lonnie Walker with Future Islands and Kite Flying Robot 9 p.m. Saturday Opolis 113 N. Crawford, Norman www.starlightmints.com/opolis.html 447-3417 $8-$10 Alt-punk band Lonnie Walker is a product of its generation. Its music winds in different directions, influenced by Weezer, Iggy Pop, The Beatles and Hank Williams, although you may have trouble hearing a few of […]

Wade Bowen 9:30 p.m. Friday Wormy Dog Saloon 311 E. Sheridan www.wormydog.com 601-6276 $15 From beer drinkin’ to heart breakin’, country music is littered with real experiences and real emotions. It’s about unfussy communication and storytelling, remembering and forgetting, and ” most of all ” being true and honest. Red dirt singer Wade Bowen carries […]

Dr. Dog with Here We Go Magic and O Fidelis 7 p.m. Wednesday ACM@UCO Performance Lab 323 E. Sheridan 974-4700 $15-$18 For most, being a musician means financial rewards are meager. It requires a certain spirit to keep it up. But psychedelic Philadelphia quintet Dr. Dog has the right attitude, a celebratory vibe that comes […]

The disco balls hanging in the former Inner State Studio aren’t privy to much dancing these days. The majority of the light they catch is natural, as are the sounds that come out of the project the space hosts each day: Acoustic Oklahoma. Its definition is a subject of debate. Curator Casey Friedman says it’s […]

Out of nearly 4,000 entrants, two Oklahomans will stick it to the skins tomorrow as part of Guitar Center’s 2010 Drum-Off. As individual store winners on Sept. 23, Jemar Poteat of Oklahoma City and James Canada of Tulsa advanced to Thursday’s district finals, which will take place in Texas. The ultimate national winner, to be […]

Bare-chested but for the pink sweater hanging open over his shoulders, Twiggy Mauck stomped, thrashed and yowled his way through an impassioned version of Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On?” with his band. And it was 10 a.m. on a Monday ” just another day in the life at the ACM@UCO Performance Lab, Oklahoma City’s newest […]

Analog Rebellion with The Appleseed Cast 9 p.m. Sunday Opolis 113 N. Crawford, Norman www.starlightmints.com/opolis.html 447-3417 $10-$12 People change, often dramatically, yet when it comes to musicians, we tend to expect a consistency that’s simply not realistic, particularly of someone who began making music while still a teen. After growing older and putting distance between […]